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Carnation

Contented Cows"

THERE'S CREAM

IN

EVERY DROP

The dollar, on demand, closed to-day, at 1/9 1-8.

The

FINAL EDITION

China Mail

Crmation

MILK

Sole Agents?

CONNELL BROS. CO., LTD. HONG KONG. & 8. CHINA

Est. 1845.

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

No. 28,948-

MOLOTOV VOICES

POLITICAL RUMOURS

SINO-JAPANESE

AGREEMENT TO

BE CONCLUDED?

GENERAL HUANG'S

SCHEME

WILL RESIGN UNLESS

PLAN ADOPTED

From Our Own Correspondentl

Canton, To-day.

While Canton is demanding Nan- king to adopt a strong policy in foreign relations, reports have reached here that General Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Nan bing Military Commission, is fav ourably considering proposals of amity with Japan as sponsored by General Huang Fu, Chairman of the Peiping Political Affairs Read- justment Committee,

Guarded by one of the generals (who surrounded him to protect him from possible anasins, Mr. H. Zalmis leaves Parliament building in Athens after taking the oath for a second 5-year term as Pre sident of Greece. **

EXTENDING RADIO

morning that General BROADCAST

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The Cenim Daily Sun stated yea- terday Huang's recommendations are general political agreement between China and Japan in place of the Tangku armistice, the establish ment of aerial, telephone; and tele- graph communications between

TELEVISION

FOR LONDON

China and Manchukuo, the employ. Establishment By End

ment of Japanese military officers on the staff of Chinese armies, and Armer economic co-operation, bo- tween China and Japan.

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LONDON MARKETS MORE CHEERFUL Pepper Settlement Now Certain

HUGE RESOURCES OF BUYING FIRM

Of Year Promised

GOVERNMENT AND BB.C. TO SHARE COST

Est. 1845.

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1935. PRICE $3.00 Per Month

BEAUTIFUL

JOSEPHINE C GOWNS

For The Early Spring

PAUL RENNET et

190, Nathan Rda.

RUSSIAN DOUBTS OF JAPANESE

RUSSIAN DEBT TO U.S. UNSOLVED

NO HOPE FOR AGREEMENT

AT PRESENT TIME!

FOUR - AND – A-HALF MINUTE

CONVERSATION

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY:"",

WHAT IS POSSIBLY A RECORD FOR SHORTNESS IN DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS WAS ESTABLISHED TO DAY WHEN M. TROYANOVSKY, THE SOVIET: AMBASSADOR. VISITED THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO' DISCUSS OLD RUS- SIAN DEBTS TOTALLING ABOUT $500,000,000, BUT STAY- ED ONLY FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES."}

Subsequently Mr. Cordell Hull, the United States Secretary of State, after conferring for an hour with members of the State Department, announced: "In view of the present attitude of the Soviet I feel we cannot encourage any hope that any agreement is now possible."

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HE REGRETTED THIS, HE SAID, BECAUSE HE SYMPATHISED WITH THE DESIRE OF AMERICAN. MANUFACTURERS AND AGRI- CULTURAL PRODUCERS TO FIND A MARKET IN" THE SOVIET AND WITH THOSE AMERICANS WHOSE PROPERTY HAD BEEN CON- FISCATED.'

M. TROYANOVSKY, WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY DOWNCAST, REFUS. ED TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT.

DERBY'S SOCCER SUCCESS LEICESTER DROP HOME POINTS

Mr. Cordell Hull added that

the

Government was very disappointed with the Soviet's re- jection of its proposal, which re presented the limit to which they believed they could go without the complete aacrifice of the in-

terests of American claimanta and without unduly pledging the

King Gustave of Sweden hands the Nobel award for medicins

to Dr. William P. Murphy of farvard, jointly won by him, Dr. George H. Whipple (left), of the University of Minnesota and Dr. George Minat (right), also of Harvard. The presentation was made in Stockholm.

SINCERITY

LONDON GREETS FLANDIN

EASTERN TURKESTAN FIGHTING SEQUEL

General Sataboldi Jap Executed

New Delhi, to-day."- General Sataboldi Jan, leader. of the Andijani troops iko

figured in the recent Eastern

executed. Turkestan fighting, has been

[SWANSEA HELD BY BARNSLEY credit of the Americanskernes Hotends arrested listmonth':

London, To-day,

London, To-day. Government views on the Tele-

Derby County yesterday secured vision Committee's report, a summary of which was sent yes two valuable points in the First the Football

ment for the purpose"offfaellitat:- fing: Asnerico-Russian trade. :

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"by the Chinese."""troops "wha undertook the pacification of the territory-Reuter.

terday morning, were expressed League when they beat Lelcester P.I. CONSTITUTION "BUY NATIVE GOODS"

by the Postmaster-General, Sir in their away fixture by the only Kingsley Wood.

חי

goal.,

American Sovereignty Recognised

Manila. To-day.

Leicester

FIRST DIVISION ·

0 Derby C. SECOND DIVISION

1

0 Southampton 1 Barnsley

The Constitution

for the |Philippine Commonwealth will be completed if President Roosevelt ◊ approves. it. A national plebis- 1 cite will be held thereon.

He said that steps would be

(Continued on Page ýj taken promptly to implement the The results as cabled by Reuter Committee's general recommen- were:- London, To-day. dations. In view of the close re- Commodities were more cheer-lationship between sound and ful yesterday owing to the abalc-television, the British Broadcast ment of the fears regarding the ing Corporation would be intrust- pepper settlement on Friday last.ed with the conduct of the broad-Hull The chief buyer of pepper re-cast television service.

Swansea cently has been the firm who He was satisfied that would be THIRD DIVISION (South) were reported to be acting for in the public interest to adopt this Millwall 1 Exeter the group who were interested in course and the Corporation had as- (Tables on Page 30) pepper, shellac, copper and other sured him that they were prepared commodities.

It is rumoured that the firm's and do their utmost to make it a to undertake this additional service capital has been increased by success. £483,000 and it is also rumoured that they are responsible for the recent large sales of copper, inj

which over £250,000 changed hands, while, it is known that

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WEATHER FORECAST

now

STOCKPORT WIN CUP REPLAY-

Bradford City Beaten After Extra Time

they disposed of their surplus and moved eastward,

The anticyclone has weakened

being

London, To-day. supplies of shellac.

centred over the Yellow Sea. The

Stockport beat Bradford City The view is reported that, with northern depression has passed into by the odd goal in five in their augmentation of resources and the possibility of obtaining out the Paciffe to the north-east of second replay in the Fourth side assistance, brokers are tak-Japan. The depression over Indo-Round of the F.A. Cup yesterday, ing a more optimistic view of the China has filled up. The local fore-after extra time had been called

cast for to-day, as issued by the for situation.

Reuter.

HOPER'S CAPITAL

CHANGED

Royal Observatory this morning, They will be at home to Pres- was north-east winds, moderate; ton North End in the Fifth cloudy.

Round on February 16-Reuter.

Provincial Government The Weather During January

Moves To Paoting

According to information from

The mean temperature for cent., against a normal of 75 per the Hopek Provincial Govern the month, was 60.0 degrees per cent. ment, the removal of the Pro-farenheit, which is 0.2 degrees A maximum wind velocity of 48 mp.h. was reached on the morn-

vincial Government to Paoting more than the normal. The ing of the 81st. The strong! will take place to-day Repairs maximum temperature recorded winds during the last two days] to the official buildings at Pao-was 75.7 degrees on the 9th, and of the month were due to the ting have now been completed, the minimum 47.0 degrees at formation of a shallow depression and are ready for occupation.' midnight on the night of 18th over Indo-China - while pressure Cheklai Agency.

| 17th.' · Cold spells, of no great still remained high over the severity, were experienced from Yangtze Valley.

FULL JUBILEE - PLANS TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK

ORDER IN CANTON Undergraduates Not To Dress Expensively CHECK ON BUDGET DEFICIT

[From Our Own Correspondent}

Canton, To-day,

MINISTERS

ARRIVE FOR

DISCUSSIONS

VIOLATION OF TREATY

DEMILITARISED

ZONE ON BORDER

NOT FEASIBLE

NON-AGGRESSION PACT REFUSED ANXIETY INCREASED

Moscow, To-day.

The repeated refusal of Japan to enter into a pact of non-aggression with Russia casts a seri- ous reflection upon the sincerity of the Japanese desire to establish friend- ly relations, declared M.

Molotov, in a final speech to the delegates of the All-Union Soviet Con- gress.

M. Molotov rejected

LAVAL RETURNING the feasibility of estab-

AT WEEK-END

KEY TO EUROPEA PEACE

MAY BE FOUND

London, To-day

|lishing a demilitarised" zone on the Manchukuo- Russian boundary as ad- vocated by Mr. Koki Hirota, the Japanese

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald,” the Foreign

British Prime Minister, and Sir

John Simon, the Foreign Secre- drew attention to the tary, were at the Railway station fact that Japan had vio- tary, were at the Railway station

Minister of France, and M. Pierre lated the Portsmouth Laval, the French Foreign Minis Treaty guaranteeing the ter, when they reached London

last night for the conversations sovereign rights of China which begin at Downing Street over Manchuria. this morning,

M. Molotov claimed The French Ministers, who were accompanied by M. Noel that the Soviet had ob- Chef de Cabinet Leger, Secre- served all the points of tary General at the Qual d'Orsay,

WEST AUSTRALIA'S PETITION

and M. Massigli, head of the the Portsmouth Treaty Students have again been warn- League of Nations Department of in regard to Manchuria. The new Constitution recog-ed not to use foreign goods and the Quai d'Orsay, had been met

-Reuter. nises American sovereignty over are asked to be patriotic in using at Dover by the French Ambas- the Philippines Commonwealth only native goods for dressing pur-sador to London, M. Charles which intended as a

Corbin. transition poses. This order is necessary, as

(Continued on Page 14.) government between the present during the present cold days stu- Lerritorial status and complete dents are wearing overcoats, Independence.

sweaters, scarfs, and all sorts of During the Commonwealth classy clothes.. period, Philippine products will An order to this effect was le lenjoy preference in the American sued two weeks ago by Mr. Husng market. Elementary education Lun-shu, Provincial Commissioner will be conducted primarily in the of Education, but the instructions English language. Reuter

|have been ignored by those colle- gians who can afford to dress ex- pensively. This is true particu

WORLD ECONOMICarly with undergraduates of Ling-

CONFERENCE

Cordell Hull Suggests U.S. Should Be "Father"

Washington, Today.

han University, who are following very closely the collegian style, prevalent in the eastern colleges of the. United States.

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THEATRICAL WAR ́ ́IN LONDON

Scheme Evolved To Settle Dispute

A proposal that the United States should father" a world economic conference to discuss the stimulation of trade was made

by Mr. Cordel!

London, To-day. Hull, United Both-alden", to the dispute be States, Secretween the Theatrical Managers and tary of State, the "British Equity Association to the Agricul, of members of the theatrical pro- tural ⠀⠀ Com- fession, have recently laid their mittee of the cases before the Ministry of Senate yester Labour and the Principal Assistant.

Secretary for Minister, Mr. F. W advocat. L. Leggett, who yesterday placed before, the Joint mesting a broad outline of the scheme which would}', enable” the difficulties to be settled for the future. A sub-committee representing the two parties to the [dispute has been appointed-to examine the scheme British-Wire- less Servloe

the 15th to the 20th, and from Although: January was abnor the 26th to the 81st.

mally cloudy, there was little The month on the whole was rainfall, the total being. 1.09| London, To-day-It is anticipat cloudy and humid. Sunshine inches against, e, normal of 1.27 ed that the full programme of the amounted to only 106 hours, inches. This rainfall was con- in Silver Jubilee celebrations will be which is 39 hours less than the fined to the beginning and end of announced in the House of 1 Com- normal, and there were 9 com the month, and a no mensurable mona... early next week - British pletely sunless day. The mean amount was recorded from Wireless Service

Trelative humidity was: 79 per 3rd to the 28rd Inclusivel

fed

all-

Full:

STOP PRESS Lord Hailsham's Motion

An

American seaman, Bruce Lindbergh, of the President Grant, was badly injured as the result of a knife attack by another American seaman shortly after 2 p.m. to-day at the entrance Wharf.

to the Kowloon

Holding a button clasp knife, which was open, the assallant walked over to the bus terminus and then to the bookstall at the Star Ferry where he was held by three men with iron bars,

of

The

A European doctor, who happened to be on the spot. stated that a blood transfu- alon would be necessary, to` save Lindbergh's life.

assallant⠀⠀⠀⠀ is ⠀⠀ In the stores department the President Grant' and was one of the, several seamen who refused to go on strike during the recent San Francisco," shipping deadlock. This is thought to be the sequel of an incident, which took place on, the, Kowloon ... wharves several months ago. Otro

Later, Lindbergħ died shortly before 8 pm at the Kowloon Hospital, bleeding to death,

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In Lord's

London, to-day. The House of Lords yesterday evening agreed to the motion mov- ed by Lord Hailsham to appoint a committee of both Houses "To.con- sider the petition of the state of Western Australia for a bill to effectuate the, withdrawal of the people of Weatern Australia from the Federal Commonwealth of Aus- tralia and to consider whether the same is proper to be received."

Lord Hailsham said that the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Western Australia both desired to be heard on these graved issues.-British Wireless Service.

CONCUBINE SUICIDE

GRIEVED AT DEATH

· OF GENERAL LU

Nanking. Yesterday. Grieved at the death of Gen- [eral Lu Ti-ping, ex-Governor of Cheklang, who died here yester- day, his concubine, aged 26, jumped from a second-storey window to the pavement and fractured her- akull. *},

She was rushed to the hospital, but died yesterday. The deceas ed had four children and was' ex- pecting another shortly Reuter.